The impact of asset transfer on livelihoods of the ultra poor in Bangladesh

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dc.creatorAhmed, Akhter
dc.creatorRabbani, Mehnaz
dc.creatorSulaiman, Munshi
dc.creatorDas, Narayan C.
dc.date2009
dc.date2024-11-08T22:31:21Z
dc.date2024-11-08T22:31:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:29:06Z
dc.descriptionBangladesh’s progress in economic growth and extensive social protection interventions have contributed to a reduction in the headcount poverty rate of around 1.5 percentage points a year since the early 1990s. This progress in poverty reduction is, however, little comfort: the overall incidence of poverty persists at a high level. The most startling consequence of widespread poverty is that a quarter of the country’s population — 37 million people — cannot afford an adequate diet. Chronically underfed and highly vulnerable, they remain largely without assets (other than their own labor power) to cushion lean-season hunger or the crushing blows of illness, flooding, and other calamities. These extreme poor are a group that straddles the outer limits of human survival. The need for targeted interventions to improve food security and livelihoods of the extreme poor therefore remains strong.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/159474
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/105803
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.publisherBRAC Research & Evaluation Division
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAhmed, Akhter U.; Rabbani, Mehnaz; Sulaiman, Munshi; Das, Narayan C. 2009. The impact of asset transfer on livelihoods of the ultra poor in Bangladesh. BRAC Research Monograph Series 39. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159474
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectfood aid
dc.titleThe impact of asset transfer on livelihoods of the ultra poor in Bangladesh
dc.typeBook

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